Vishal Dabholkar

A brilliant effort by the bowlers enabled Mumbai take a slender eight-run first innings lead over Uttar Pradesh by bundling them out for 225 on day two of their Ranji Trophy Group A match on Monday.

A five-wicket haul by Ankit Chavan helped Air India restrict Jain Irrigation to 214 on the opening day of Times Shield 'A' Division second round.

Punjab enforced the follow-on after bowling out Mumbai for 185 to keep the team in line for an outright victory in their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match on Friday.

Amol Muzumdar rescued Reliance Energy with an unbeaten 104 to help his team take advantage of a first innings lead against Western Railway 'A' on the last day of the Times Shield 'B' Division Cricket Tournament.

The Sports Promotion Group, which runs the SPG Academy at Dadar's famed Shivaji Park, has been organizing 14-a-side tourneys for the past 8 years.

Centuries by Eknath and Abhishek and their 222-run partnership in just 233 balls helped DY Patil 'A' declare at 643 for six against Indian Oil on Day 2 of the Times Shield 'A' Division.

Tata Sports Club and Bharat Petroleum recorded first innings wins on the third and last day of a rain-marred third round of the Times Shield.

Defending champions Payyade Sports Club retained the Police Invitation Shield cricket tournament by defeating Cricket Club of India by seven wickets on the third and final day of the final at the Police Gymkhana, Kennedy Sea Face, on Sunday.

A century (109, 152b, 4x17, 6x2) by Parth Sahani put DY Patil A in a strong position against Central Railway on the opening day of their Times Shield A Division second round B Group encounter at MIG CC on Tuesday.

Mumbai outbatted Saurashtra and won the game on the basis of first-innings lead. Mumbai had won the toss and posted 458 in the first innings with a marathon 153 from Nikhil Patil (Jr).

Normally in cricket, if you would pick up 10 wickets in a game, you tend to think the captain would be more than pleased with you.

Much of the credit for this comeback, apart from a great catch by Abhishek, must be given to Harmeet, who bowled as many as 50 overs while taking 6-139.

Mumbai coach Pravin Amre decided to implement this theory while preparing his struggling team for its must-win Ranji Trophy game against Baroda which begins from Thursday at the Moti Baug ground.

Fine century by Shrikant Limbole and his 192-run partnership with Rajesh Tandel helped Mumbai Police beat Shivaji Park Gymkhana by six wickets in the ORRA-Police Invitaion Cricket Shield Tournament.

Rest of India suffered a blow just before the start of its Irani Cup match against Mumbai as skipper Virender Sehwag was ruled out due to an upset stomach.

Gujarat rode on opener Priyank Kirit Panchal's unbeaten century to post an impressive 246/3 in their Group A Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai on Monday.

Middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav would be leading Mumbai in the West Zone one-day league, to be held from February 27 to March 3 at Rajkot.

Rohit Sharma has been included in Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai's 15-member squad for the warm-up game against the visiting New Zealand side at New Delhi from September 16-18.

Ranji champs' batting will be tested by Bhuvneshwar-led attack.

Tired of being ignored by Mumbai's selectors despite starring in India's U-19 World Cup triumph, left-arm spinner Harmeet has chosen to play for Vidarbha.